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S. A. SMITH.'

RECORD SHEET.

No. 437,256. Patented Sept. 30, 189'0.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL A. SMITH, OF NE\VARK, NEV JERSEY.

RECORD-SHEET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent DTe-437,256, datedSeptember 30, 1890. Application filed June 5, 1890. Serial No. 354,366.(No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in `Record-Sheets; and I dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

' and exact description of the invention,- such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to certain improvements in record-sheets,and has for its object to expedite and simplify the finding of names;and the invention is designed to furnish builders and contractors with arecordsheet containing the building contracts or agreements andmechanic-lien claims filed on any day at the county court-house of theState.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In carrying my invention into effect I employ a sheet a, of paper of anyconvenient size, which is preferably ruled with horizontal lines b andvertical lines c, forming the rectangular spaces, as shown in thedrawing. `The top of the sheet is provided with the county-clerksofce,.in which the name of the county can be printed or iilled in inwriting, and beneath this heading are found the following words: List ofbuilding agreements and mechanics lien claims, led 1829-.

As illustrated in the drawing, the sheet a is divided into four verticalcolumns, each of which is divided into iive rectangular spaces, thusmaking a total number of twenty such spaces to a sheet. Of course thisnumber of spaces is not essential, and the sheet may contain more orless, which will largely depend upon the average amount of agreementsrecorded daily at the diiferent court-houses.

As indicated in the drawing, the spaces in the first three verticalspaces or columns contain a record of the different agreements filed onthe day indicated at the top of the sheet, while in the last column arerecorded the mechanic-lien claims for the same day.

The agreement-spaces contain each the following printed matter, viz:Owner, No. of agreement, Date of agreement, Date of filing, BuildenLocation of building, Constructed of, Contract for, Architect, Remarks,Amount of contract, First payment, Second payment, Third payment, Fourthpayment, Fifth payment, Sixth payment, with the proper spacing behindthese words to be filled in, according to the terms of the agreement, bythe official at the county clerks office.

The Mechanic lien claims column contains the following printed matter,as follows: Claimant and, two or three lines for the name and residenceof the owner of the building, Amount ofv claims, Location of building,Date of filing, and Summons issued. These spaces are written up at theclerks office aft-er all the agreements, rite., have been received forthe day and a copy sent to each builder, mason, or contractor, wherebythey are at all times provided with the information of the agreementsrecorded for the current day, being informed as to all particulars, thussaving the time and trouble of making personal searches at the clerksofiice. The record-sheets can be filed away, and every builder orcontractor thereby being provided with a complete record of agreementsand mechanic-lien claims filed.

Of course it will be understood that I do not restrict myself to theexact arrangement and number of spaces shown in the drawing, the printedforms being, arranged approximately as shown; but the horizontal lines band vertical lines c can be entirely dispensed with, if desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Theherein-described record-sheet, ruled at its top to provide a spacecontaining the permanent headings, county clerks office, and beneath itList of building agreements and mechanic lien claims, led andhorizontally ruled by lines b into smaller spaces, and also by verticallines forming vertical columns or spaces over the entire surface of thesheet, all of equal dimensions, each of which contains certain permanentdata, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The herein-described record-sheet, ruled at its top to provide aspace containing the Sol IOO

permanent headings, eounty elerks oiee, and beneath it List of buildingagreements and mechanic lien Claims, filed and horizontally ruled bylines b into smaller spaces, and also by vertical lines forming verticalcolumns or spaces over the entire surface of the sheet, all of equaldimensions, the left-hand vertical Columns or spaces oontaining certainpermanent; data for entering a list of the building-agreements filed,and the right-hand vertical spaces containing eertain permanent data forentering alist of lne- Chanies-lien elain1s,all of said parts beingarranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 3d day of June, 1390.

SAMUEL A. SMITH.

Witnesses:

EDMUND HULL, FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL.

